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Mastercard (MA) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Mastercard's Return on Invested Capital history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 1.86% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 16.0% year-over-year to 1.86%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 1.86%, up 16.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 1.94%, 25.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 1.86% in Q4 2025 per MA's latest filing, up from 1.84% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 1.93% in Q1 2025 to a low of 0.93% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 1.47%, with a median of 1.46% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: crashed -49bps in 2021, then skyrocketed 58bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 1.09% in 2021, then soared by 36bps to 1.48% in 2022, then decreased by -3bps to 1.44% in 2023, then rose by 18bps to 1.7% in 2024, then rose by 9bps to 1.86% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MA's Return on Invested Capital are 1.86% (Q4 2025), 1.84% (Q3 2025), and 1.91% (Q2 2025).